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Soupe à Trois Sous (Three-penny soup),
1859

James McNeill Whistler, 1834–1903; born Lowell, MA; died London, UK; active England and Paris, France

2020-667

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Title

Soupe à Trois Sous (Three-penny soup)

Dates

1859

Maker

James McNeill Whistler

Medium

Etching

Dimensions

plate: 15.2 × 22.7 cm (6 × 8 15/16 in.) sheet: 20.3 × 27.9 cm (8 × 11 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Roger Philips, Class of 1967

Object Number

2020-667

Place Depicted

Europe, France, Paris

Signatures

In plate, upper right: Whistler

Reference Numbers

Glasgow 64 i/i; Kennedy 49; Mansfield 49

Culture

American

Type

etchings, prints

Techniques

etching (printing process)

Subject

cafés, figures (representations), wine bottles, men

Frederick Keppel & Co., NYC; purchased Emile Weitzner, NYC (d. 1966); inherited by his grandson, Roger Phillips.

Soup à Trois Sous

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James McNeill Whistler (1834–1903; born Lowell, MA; died London, UK; active England and Paris, France), Soupe à Trois Sous (Three-penny soup), 1859. Etching; 15.2 × 22.7 cm (plate), 20.3 × 27.9 cm (sheet). Gift of Roger Philips, Class of 1967 (2020-667) https://artmuseum-beta.princeton.edu/art/collections/objects/137736

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